Think about this for a moment. How important is a smile to you? How does it make you feel, to smile, to be smiled at? For me, a smile can turn the day around. The Power of a Smile can instantly transform a frown or bring sunshine to a gray day. Yet how often do we take "the opportunity to smile" for granted? Again, for me, I know I do.
When I was still working, I had a pic of a jester printed and stuck on the wall that said SMILE. As you entered my office that was the first thing one saw, and no matter how down, stressed, frustrated or anxious a university student was, when they left my office they always left smiling, and, they quickly learnt never to enter the office without a smile. I recently received an email from a graduate student, saying how she misses being encouraged with a smile, that this became the one thing she looked forward to when returning to student residence, know her spirits will be lifted.
Sharing this with you has me smiling with memories, it makes one feel that nothing was in vain, that someone's heart was reached.
How often now, as we find ourselves in some or other frustrating health or physically challenging situation, do we smile....even randomly? Are we so focussed on our own issues that we cant just smile at a stranger, at something funny and let the Power of our Smile affect those we come in contact with.
I challenge you today, next time you feel downhearted, frustrated or challenged by your health situation...dig out those pictures that make you smile, think back to moments that made you laugh and smile....as you walk about in a shopping mall, make eye contact with someone really looking down and SMILE....just smile for the sake of smiling...you will love how it makes you feel, and you will smile more when you see the reaction on peoples' faces.
A smile is a powerful tool, you can even break ice with it
Why is a smile important to you?
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